Genetic Factors Contributing to Gifted and Talented Students in the Philippines

This investigation was undertaken to determine the factors that contribute to the IQ of the students. The study revealed that uncles with high intelligence numbered 0-5, 3-5 with average level of intelligence, while 0-2 had low level of intelligence. Majority of the aunts with high, average and low levels of intelligence numbered 0-2. The biggest proportion of the students had low IQ Test scores. The intelligence level of the grandfathers and grandmothers were not significantly related to the students’ IQ. The higher the level of intelligence of the fathers and the mothers, the higher was the IQ of the students. The more the uncles with high, average and low level of intelligence the students’ IQ were consequently high, average, and low, respectively. The same is true with aunts except for those with low level of intelligence where they were not related to the students’ IQ. The author concluded that the factors to students’ IQ are father and mother’s levels of intelligence where the higher the father and the mother’s level of intelligence, the higher is the student’s IQ. Another factor is the fact that the more the uncles with high, average and low intelligence, consequently the IQ of the students is, likewise, high, average and low. The more the aunts with high and average level of intelligence, the consequence is high and average IQ of the students, respectively.